Why do my windows 10 search don't work on one computer?

EricB

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Why do my windows 10 search at the bottom of the screen don't work on one computer but does on the rest of my computers? If I want itunes for instance, I got to go to serious loops to find it, as well as searching for control panel
 
Do you have a solid state in said computer?

I'm not sure if this is still the case, but Windows 7 and 8.1 would (sometimes) automatically disable certain services and features if you had a Solid State Drive. Windows Search and Prefetch are on that list of potentially damaging services. If those two services are off, then enable and change the startup to Automatic (assuming you're okay with that). If their status is running, then you might have a corrupt install. Could always try the
Code:
sfc /scannow
command to see if perhaps a system file/feature is corrupt as well.
 
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Also make sure indexing is on - if you don't have that on, it seriously screws up with how Windows search works (I found out the hard way).
 
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